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  1. Unfortunately I don’t think the television contracts are tied to inflation. Wages in baseball are tied to revenue streams, even if they are not worth what they once were
  2. I am getting the impression the Twins are adverse to long term contracts for pitchers. Of those listed as remaining Rodon for a 2 year contract seems like a Twin thing to do. They would have familiarity with Boyd I think is FB and change up guy, not a slider. If they think they could improve his slider significantly he would make sense
  3. No. The career greatness was cut short. See Olivia, Tony
  4. Minyana might be given a choice between a minimum contract or release
  5. The ultimate spite would be to put them in after they die
  6. What is there, 10=11 billion recent, 5 billion for the player. Is either side really that wealthy they would forgo that much money. Millionaire VS Billionaires. In the court of public opinion does anyone win?
  7. The question becomes did he do enough as a DH. A career Fwar of 51 might not be enough for some voters. Only playing bat might not be enough
  8. Hughes contract was much larger than Caves. It seemed like just last season the Twins were picking up somebody off the waiver wire. If Larnach, Celestine or Rooker look like they are ready Cave will be cut
  9. Even if the team signed a top free agent pitcher, extended Buxton, traded for another starter, released Jake Cave and signied a short term shortstop before a potential lockout, there will be people ripping away. All of that still will be forgotten by many because the lockout, if one occurs, would be the last action.
  10. The context of the exchange was about signing free agent. That you think it was about the labor agreement is your opinion
  11. On an either or situation Cave at least gives you a CF when you have an oft injured one. As needing them for full time starters, neither. As 4/5 outfielders, who cares
  12. 3 pitchers signed, One to the team he played for, one on a one year build value contract. Neither will anchor the team. Two play a waiting game The teams and the players,. The Rodriguez signing shows that either he wanted to play in Detroit or the market is not going to be as high as people seem to think. The latter may be confirmed by what Berrios signed for. If the market is not going to be as hot the players will wait.
  13. What is about to materialize? IDK and neither does anyone else. 2 arms coming off injury signed. Rodriguez is quality pitching. The need is for higher than that….
  14. It is 800K. No big deal if he ends up cut at some point, except to Cave who might have a hard time earning that kind of money again. Well, I guess it is a big deal to those that probably never dealt with back injuries.
  15. Chicken Little articles before Thanksgiving, Months to go before the season starts. As Morrison once said “We want the world and we want it now”
  16. Of curse people are jumping to conclusions. It is what the internet is. Vert little information paired with a rant.
  17. The issue is mitigated in large part due to the playoff structure. Right now only 2 teams have no shot at the playoffs There is hope until late in the season. Not so in baseball. A quick turnaround can happen in football with a good draft and a few acquisitions. That does not happen in baseball. Very few draftees can play in the majors within the year after they were drafted. Relatively cheap signings that have an impact in baseball are the bounce back players like Robbie Ray.. Football has the Linval Joseph type contracts, relatively cheap, huge impact. The differences how they operate incomparable for a model for business
  18. You just shot down your own proposal. Nice job.
  19. Spending money does not always make for a more competitive team. Telling them to spend more money is not going to fix anything. The leagues with salary floors do not see a parity. Mediocrity as opposed to very bad does not improve revenue.
  20. It is debatable that it really works in the NFL. The Lions continue to do poorly while the Patriots have won how many titles?
  21. There is an incorrect assumption that players sign simply for the max money. Ignore all of the under slot signings. It assumes players will go for the highest amount of money. That has not been the case even in free agency, Winning organizations will draw more and better talent than the have nots. The rich will get richer. Try looking at attendance for teams as it relates to winning, There are outliers like Tampa, but there usually are outliers in anything.
  22. One thing that will not change is the ultimate flow of money. Like college football, the rich get richer in your proposal. Why not call for there to be the dozen wealthy teams and let the rest wither and die
  23. The Twins were nowhere near a revenue floor and still were on pace for a hundred loss season. Then they got rid of much of what they spent money on. Salary floors working is male cow dung
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